| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56433] |
Thu, 01 November 2007 04:45 |
dcleon@gmail.com
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On Oct 31, 10:10 am, Brian Larsen <balar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Link to one of the sites addressing this issue:http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/29/x11-full-screen-s upport-broken-i...
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> Using this article fixed it for me. My IDL is back in business.
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> Cheers,
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> Brian
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> Boston University
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RSI, whoops ITTVIS has now posted a fix for IDL 6.4 on Leopard.
Haven't tried it yet.
http://www.ittvis.com/forum/message.asp?fmid=4337
cheers
dave
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56449 is a reply to message #56433] |
Wed, 31 October 2007 09:10  |
Brian Larsen
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> Link to one of the sites addressing this issue:http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/29/x11-full-screen-s upport-broken-i...
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Using this article fixed it for me. My IDL is back in business.
Cheers,
Brian
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56469 is a reply to message #56449] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 13:18 |
dcleon@gmail.com
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On Oct 30, 9:43 am, "mgal...@gmail.com" <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 30, 5:16 am, Karla <ksar...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I haven't had time to really play with this but setting DIPSLAY to ":
>> 0" seems to have made no difference, but this could be on the right
>> track...
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> It doesn't seem to help me either. I get the same bus error.
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> Mike
> --www.michaelgalloy.com
This problem seems to be the result of the X11 changes in 10.5 .
Restoring the 10.4 version of X11 fixes the problem. Its not a pretty
solution, but it did get me back in business.
The DISPLAY issue seems to be a red herring although it does
relate to some of the apparent changes in X11.
Link to one of the sites addressing this issue:
http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/29/x11-full-screen-support -broken-in-leopard-other-changes-using-tigers-x11/#comments
dave
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56478 is a reply to message #56469] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 08:43 |
Michael Galloy
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On Oct 30, 5:16 am, Karla <ksar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't had time to really play with this but setting DIPSLAY to ":
> 0" seems to have made no difference, but this could be on the right
> track...
It doesn't seem to help me either. I get the same bus error.
Mike
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56482 is a reply to message #56478] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 05:20 |
Brian Larsen
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Sorry, that last post was from my wife's gmail account, oops. Anyway
another thing I noticed was that "middle-clicking" information in
doesn't seem to work with Leopard X11 either... more annoying.
Cheers,
Brian
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56534 is a reply to message #56482] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 04:16 |
Karla
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Edd,
I haven't had time to really play with this but setting DIPSLAY to ":
0" seems to have made no difference, but this could be on the right
track...
Cheers,
Brian
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56540 is a reply to message #56534] |
Mon, 29 October 2007 22:51 |
Edd Edmondson
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I should add to my previous post that if you're currently doing
anything to set DISPLAY in some startup file or whatever, your first
course of action should be to stop doing this, and then try again and
see if the new method in Leopard works as is. And if that fails then
try setting it to :0.
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Edd
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56541 is a reply to message #56540] |
Mon, 29 October 2007 22:26 |
Edd Edmondson
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mgalloy@gmail.com <mgalloy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if this is a repeat, but it hasn't appeared for me yet...
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> Warning to other Mac OS IDL users: widget programs in IDL 6.4 don't
> seem to run under Leopard. You might be better suited waiting for ITT
> VIS to release a fix/release before you update to Leopard. Are others
> experiencing this too?
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I've been travelling since Leopard's release date, so I've not ordered
mine yet and can't check. However, I do know that X11 in Leopard has
changed the way DISPLAY is set. Now, it's set to connect to launchd,
which runs X11 if needed and then passes the connection through to
X11.
This means previously required tricks to set DISPLAY, as discussed
here before, are no longer needed in principle, and those tricks may
also break for Leopard. Also, the new setting may not play nice with
IDL for some other reason. It's certainly a cunning trick Leopard
uses, but it seems the cunning trick doesn't work so well if something
else is trying a trick of its own.
As loath as I am to recommend something I've strongly recommended
against before, if you're the sole user of the machine try making sure
X11 is running first, and try
setenv DISPLAY ":0"
before starting IDL
(I don't know how this will work with the IDLDE, but with the standard
IDL command line this may help)
As long as X11 is running, a more traditional DISPLAY setting should work.
I've also heard downgrading X11 to Tiger's version works, but I'm not
keen to recommend that sort of solution just in case it causes more
problems later.
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Edd
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| Re: IDL + Leopard [message #56544 is a reply to message #56541] |
Mon, 29 October 2007 16:45 |
Brian Larsen
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Well this truly is annoying. I wonder what the issue is? X11? 64-bit?
Something else?
IDL> histo_gui, dist(100)
% Compiled module: DIST.
% Compiled module: HISTO_GUI.
% Compiled module: HISTOIMAGE.
% Compiled module: GETCOLOR.
% Compiled module: LOADCT.
% Compiled module: FILEPATH.
% Compiled module: PATH_SEP.
% Compiled module: STR_SIZE.
% Compiled module: COLORBAR.
% Compiled module: CONGRID.
Bus error
Cheers,
Brian
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Brian Larsen
Boston University
Center for Space Physics
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